Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 14, 1916, Page 4

at the Postotfice at Norwich, 88 wecon Telephone Cnlls: Pusiness Office 450. Bditorial Rooms 35-3. Bulletin Job Office 85-2. Offics, 07 Church St | WhMmant!e Telephone 210-8. _ NORWICH BULLETIN, Presbyterfan hospital and its excellent equipment estimated as worth $3,000,- 000,000 by the Rockefeller Foundation, $2,000000 will be donated by the uni- versity besides a half million for the site and there will be added thereto a sum of $8,500,000 which it is planned to raise by subscription. This is certainly a start which can- not help but make many of the other ‘medical schools, which have been struggling along in the differént stages of development, a bit envious. They will appreciate the advantages which will be offered by such a start and such en endowment, but it is to be hoped that the very fact that such an excellent beginning is assured' will not prevent the Institution from becoming one of the greatest medical schools in the country. Sometimes it is those which have to wosk the hardest to get along that make the best showing, and those which are rolling in wealth fail to make the best use of their opportu- nities. In this mhtter, however, it is to be expected that the excellent start will only be an incentive to greater accomplishments. Whether it will re- sult in the greatest school of its kind remains to be seen. FAILED TO GET TOGETHER. In looking over the election results it is quite evident that it was the re- publican states of the west and middle west which made it possible for the reelection of President Wilson, and “Aren't you wAll?" inquired the ‘Woodlawn man of his friend from Hyde Park when the latter had board- ed the suburban train. i The Hyde Park man turned on'him a dark and hollow gaze. *“How can a man be well,” he demanded, “a per- fectly respectable, quiet man, With no taste at all for mathematics, when his entire cosmos 1s tangled and upset Hhrough being tuned mto o combina- | tion policeman, detective and trained nmzul ? It doesn't agree with my sys- “Td have you know that we have been entertaining extremely fashion- able company the last week! Imo- gene's old school friend Dalsy, on her way west, has been visiting us, Bver since we were married 1 have been hearing about Daisy. She is the only one of the crowd who picked out a rich man to marry and the rest of the graduating class who slipped up end got only ordinary providers have had to snateh their luxury second hand, hearing about Daisy's motors and mansions and diamonds and poodles and Newport clothes. “So you can imagine the mad ex- citement when Imogene heard that Daisy was condescending to vislt us in our humble $150 a month flat. T that possibility was due to the failure to get together on the part of the two The Circulation of The Bulletin The Bulletin has the largest eirculation of any paper in Eastern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 8,000 of the 4,053 houses in Nor- wich and read by ninety-three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is delivered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danfelson to over 1,100, and in all of these places it 18 considered tbe local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hurdred and sixty. five postoftice districts, and sixty rural free deMvery routes. The Bulletin is eold in every town and on all of he R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION THE EMBARGO ON MUNITIONS. In view of the demands which have been made by the Mexican members of the comr‘zl-slon which is considering a “plan for'the adjustment of the differ- ences between this country and Mex- 1co, it is not surprising that an effort s pow being made to:have the em- bargo on arms and ammunition lifted. But can the Mexicans who are mak- £uch,_an appeal seriously think it this country is going to permit the sending of munitions to those who have already used such means of tak- ing the lives of United States troops? There has been too much of the lift- ing and replacing of the embarso on arms and ammunition already. There Ww@s the time when the plea was made that firearms and ammunition be sent into Mexico without restraint since by that method the Mexican problem would be the quicker solved through the killing off of the fighting element. It 18 well known, however, that there are still plenty of Mexicans ready to fight and It doesn't make much dif- ference with a large number of them whether they are supporting Carranza or, Villa. It is claimed in behalf of this de- sire for the lifting of the embargo that the lack of munitions makes it difficult to pursue Villa. Such an ex- cuse might of course be expected, but 1t 1s serlously questioned whether they ;are anxious Yo put an end to Villa, or they would have taken advantage of Ithe assistance which was furnished by |$he punitive expedition, which not only imeant plenty of munitions but also /more men. The mistake of playing with the embargo has, however, been made too often and it should remain now until thero is some sort of a stable government n Mexico. INDIGNANT AT OWN MEDICINE. It is an flluminating statement (which comes from Berlin by wireless to the effect that a deep impression has been made upon the German pub- lic by the recent report that a British patrol ship after destroying subma- rine U-41 had deliberately run down a rowboat containing two of the survi- ‘yors of the crew. This is looked upon as cause for _great indignation and the charge of treachery at sea by the German pub- {lic, and there might be reason for {others sympathizing with them in Itheir attitude were it not for the fact ‘that it has been the German subma- \rine policy which has led up to this /very thing. Germany has shown no " |disposition for a long perfod at any [time to respect the rights of others [on the high seas. It has not only |sunk merchantmen belonging to the lenemy without warning and without giving those aboard them an opportu- nity to escape but it has even been ity, if reports are true, of having seamen jeer at drowning men. And in the carrying out of such a policy & large number of peutral subjects lhave hden killed, over a hundred ' Americans having been drowned or ~ killed as the result of German sub- marine attacks which were entirely ! ‘unjustificd. | No indignation s expressed or pro- test heard in Germany about such af- and still there is the Marina case five Americans lost their lives days ago, the attack upon the Arable and the sinking of the tean ship Columblan of later branches of the republican party. Take such states as Ohlo, Minnesota, Kan- sas, Washington, which four years ago showed a plurality by combining the republican #nd progressive votes of anywhere from 51,000 to 97,000 against the democrats, the states of North Da- kota, Colorado and even New Hamp- shire which under the same circum- stances were republican by from 15,- 000 to 19,000 and compare them with the vote this year and it is shown that there was not that reunion of, the split republican party which had been an- ticipated or claimed. This is further displayed in the re- sult in California, where though the combined vote four vears ago gave but a 4,000 plurality for the republi- cafls, this vear the republican candi- date for United States senator, Gov ernor Johnson, won out by nearly 800, 000 plurality and yet the head of the ticket was defeated. This was even displayed in a number of the states which did give Mr. Hughes a plural- ity but not as large by many thous- had difficulty in restraining Imogene’s hospitable efforts from the start. We were not, I pcinted out, entertaining royalty, so it really Was unnecessary to purchase new oriental rugs ail through, completely redscorate and have a $1,000 bedroom set sent up on aproval to be returned when the visit was_accomplished. “No, I toid Imogene, let Daisy take us as we are and enjoy the novelty of life on merely three square meals a day_and a roof that kept off the rain. Let her get a taste of hardship and have to stick In her own hairpins and put on her own pumps and see how the submerged tenth really do ex- is “She had probably left the comforts of the far east with the idea of brav- ing dangers anyhow, and it would be a development for her soul. What I hadn’t counted on were Dalsy’s jewels. “Imogene pointed them out fo me enthusiastically the first night at din- ner, though it really was an unnec- essary act, as my eye sight is good. At a snap estimate I should say that Dalsy wore on her fingers the biggest pearis in captivity, assisted by the largest diamonds ‘working, and was trimmed around the outskirts with a ands as were received by state candi- dates when as a usual thing it is the presidential candidate who gets the biggest vote. Serious mistakes were made in the effort to get tozether, as is evidenced in California and the re- ult is that the split of 1912 Has brought about a democratic admini: tration not only for four but for eight years, i e GREECE MOVING SLOWLY. Gradually is the evidence appearing to the effect that Greece is coming around to the viewpoint of the allies. It is slow, and the course which it is takinz is not serving to bring that country and its ruler into any great favor, but the allies have the consola- tion in knowing that the ememy is not making progress in its efforts to swing that country to its side. The latest announcement is to the effect that soldiers of the army will be permitted to join the Venizelos sup- porters, provided they first send in their resignations, and not a few, in- cluding some officers, are already do- ing this with the result that Gréece Is becoming represented in the war by larger number daily who will fight against the national enemy, Bulgaria. The progress in this direction is therefore increasing from the entente standpoint even though it cannot be considered entirely satisfactory. By the gradual wearing down of the op- position to throwing in their lot with the allies, the entente nations are #aining ground in Greece and strength- ening their position in that part of the war xone. It should also result In the bolstering up of the offensive operations from Saloniki which have thus far fafled to produce what has been expected there, either in galning ground or in holding the attention of | the enemy. This army was looked to to relieve Rumania from the pressure which has been exerted by Macken- sen’s forces but it has thus far fall- ed to, and it is a question how soon it will at the present rate of progress in Greece. EDITORIAL NOTES. The democrats still have reason to extend thanks to what remains of the progressive party. Villa isn’t the only one to cause Car- ranza trouble since the announcement comes that Felix Diaz has taken two Mexican cities. The man on the corner says: Anyone can, find the heart of a city, but it 1s a different thing when it comes to lo- cating its soul. —_— . Even though the German chancellor is willing to join a movement for last- ing peace, he doesn’t admit that he is ready to bring about peace. the departure of the Deutschland but it it goes as silently and unheralded as it came, few will know about it. e It is again reported that the Lusi- it is entirely probable that such a thing is not half as near as the sink- Ing of other vessels without warning. ‘When it is declared that Secretary Lansing says that the Mexican situa- tion is very bad, it conveys nothing new to those who have been following the course of events in that country. From the thousands of applications for the Yale-Harvard game which have been refused, it appears ‘that the Yale “bow!” could be doubled in seat- ing capacity and then be mone too large. Tngland is reported to be pleased over the election in this country. It knows when ‘conditions are running in its favor. In fact it wouldn’t be sur- prising it the result was what it had been praying for. Japan thinks well of the-election outcome because it “feared a Tepubli- can protective “tariff would be a blow to Japanese exports'té America.” Ja- pan knows the benefits to Japan of a free trade United States. Bach day brings a new story about |/ tania case is nearing a settiement, but | neclk business and earrings of incal- culable value, “I murmured something about our very good wall safe and then Daisy spoke languidly. She sald she never used a wall safe since the time their butler had dypamited theirs, and any- how there was no sense bothering over her few poor little trinkets. (She just kept them in a chamois bag, which she wouid hide eafely. Nothing that I could say would make that woman budge from her stand, and I dozed_very lightly in consequence. “T fell asleep toward morning and was roused by Imogene’s wild shrieks. She sald that Daisy’s jewels were gone and she had locked the cook up in her room and to come quick! Daisy in a lacy negligee, was frantically pawing up her room sobbing that she had put the bag hehind the picture of Joan of Arc, and now it was gone, and the stock market was so nervous that Paul pever, never. would, eonsent to buying any more jewelry, and, oh, her head was splitting! Well, I the chamois bag pirned to the inside of the window curtain drapery and then Daisy remembered it was in the last hotel where she stoped that she had hidden the bag behin a pic- ture. £ course the cook left, and now- adays, you know, there arem’t any cooks, so Imogene had fo get the meals and I wiped the dishes, because you can't ask a Newvort lady to han- dle a dishgtowel—mercy, no! The next®time it happened Imogene called me up at the office. She and Daisy were lunching downtown and in the middle of the jellied salmon Daisy had turned sea green. shrieked and fainted away. She explained on re- covering consciousness that she had Just discovered the absence of the chamois bag from the spot where she had arranged it on her person and to please send for the detectives! “We had a conference between the hotel managere, the chief of detectives and some sateliites and started an in- vestigation that would have done credit to unearthing & blackhand out- rage. It was rough on me when the next day I had to block the wheels of justice by relating that Daisy had found the chamois bag in the laundry found | basket, where she had hidden it for safe keeping. “I pass hastily over the time she hid it in her hat crown and lost it— we found it under the mattress. And the occasion when she vowed she had concealed it under the gas lcg in our fireplace and it wasn’t there after the visit of the electric cleaner man. I believe tnat was when I nosed it out inside the inverted light bowl of the indirect fixture in the living room. Oh, I could go out and get a job any day with the Pinkertons—but my nerves are shattered. 1 was relieved when Daisy left us.” “I should say!” agreed the Wood- lawn man. “What'll you het those jewels were not phony and she'd left the real ones lock=d up at home?” “I love these little happy_thoughts of yours!” said the Hyde Park man through his teeth—Exchange. LETTERS TO THE EI?lTpR The Point of View. Mr. Editor: I notice “A Southerner” says: Jefferson Davis was not a rebel, and probably he was not to him. Recognizing his great ability and fine personal qualities, he was a rebel to me. George Washington was a patriot to Americans, but a true rebel to Eng- lishmen. Martin Luther {s an apostle to Catholics and i3 not held in esteem, but as the father of Protestantism he is admired by the remainder of the world. All these men had to violate sacred oaths to do their great parts in life, and what they are is merely relative and is not worth disputing about, As to those people who feel honored to be present and kow-tow to repre- sentatives of a nation that has mur- dered American citizens—men, women and infants; and conducted a criminal propaganda’ in a neutral country in which they are citizens or guests, costing the government, which they are constantly defying, millions of dollars to render the protection they must; they are out of order and dis- honored in the sight of all loyal citi- zens. AN OLD SOLDIER. 13, 1916. Norwich, Nov. C. W. Barron’s Relation to New Haven Advertising. Mr. Editor: The last campaign slan- der put forth just before the election was a_three-column advertisement of- fered to newspapers over the country by the national democratic committee. It attacked John Wanamaker and C. W. Barron, because tnese two individ uals had stepped to the defense of their country and devoted their adver- tising talent to talking ‘“straight goods” to the voter. They not orly gave their time and talents but they paid the bills without assistance from the republican organ- ization. That these advertisements have drawn the fire of the Brandeis party was a very great com- pliment. But every paper in New York and Boston refused to circulate the slander even as paid advertising matter. Some other papers accepted the money—perhaps owing to the high price of paper. Mr. Wanamaker answered with a page advertisement, exposing the |trickery of the national democratic committee and the abuse of govern- ment-power. As these slanders were rereated in the columns of the, New York World, I responded thereto ‘with a letter which was published on the editorial page of the New York World on Nov. 7, or the moment it fell into the edifor's hands. Will you be good enough to repeat that_communication as it appeared in the World, and also this letter. Every statement of the national democratic committee in advertisement concerning me was an absolute fabri- cation, sprung at the last moment to stem the sentiment for national de- fense created by my full-page adver- tisements in New York. w. BARRON. Boston, Nov. 8, 1 To_the Editor of the World: The New York World evidently be- iieves in grabbing the advertising agent’s legitimate com on on properly signed and & railroad advertising and then later denouncing the agent as a “slush funder.” If legitimate New Haven advertising, which_after full investigation was ap- proved by the Massachusetts public service commission, was part of a “slush fund,” the New York World was_the real culprit, for it swallowed 1t whole even to robbing the agent that created and brought it the business. Any declaration that T have received money for advice is false. Nor has \ The first prize of $1000 to the third ‘prize of $0.00 to the largest these coynties. Tue turkeys must welghing the Tuesday before Than! For the ‘largest and - fatiest yo in addition to the:market price. Rock Nook Home. A New Hampshire hunter who went Somers Bros’ market. Fourteenth Year Attention, Farmers! DOLLARS BONUS They must be natives—hatched and grown in these two countles. The Bulletin will buy .the prise birds at the regular market in addition to the prize to-be awarded. The turkeys offered for prize must have feathers off, entralls drawn ind’ wings cut off at first joint. Heads must not be cut off. second prise- of $5.00 to the, second largest and fattest. young turkey; To the raiser of the sscond young tu in aadition to the markset price Will be-given. This turkey will farnish the Thanksgiving dimner for the Sheltering -Arms. ‘o the raiser of the largebt and fattest turkey over a year old a prize of $5.00 in addition to the market price. This will go to the The judges will be disinterested persons who 'will weigh tho turkeys All turkeys that are eligible. for competition will be purchased at the markst'price, 50 any turkey. raiser who enters a bird in the con- test is sure of selung the bird whether a prize is won or not. For Fattest and Big- gest Turkey Raised $10.00 < Next Best $5.00 Third $5.00 The Bulletin proposes to capture the #hree faitest and largest Turkeys to be offered for_the Thanksgiving market in Windham and New London Countles. price largest and fattest young turkey; “and fattest’ turkey ralsed.in New boy or girl residing in be submitted for examination and kegiving at 12 o’clock noon. ung turkey $1000 will be awarded This turkey will ‘be Ziven :to the rkey.in size a prize of §$5.00 NOVEMBER 1 4, 1916 any news or advertising agency with which I am connected received any compensation in connection with ad- vertising except as legitimate commis- sion from newspapers—a commission reduced, of course, by the legitimate cxpenses of the business. May I be permitted also to add for whoever may be interested that in more thun 40 vears of newspaper ex- perience I ve never received any compensation except upon exactly the basis upon which the New York World and every properly conducted news- paper receives its “compensation. In the case of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railrond company this ‘was absolutely proven before the pub- lic service commission when it inves- tigated miscellanecus expenditures of the New Haven road down to the ad- vertising accounts. The testimony was unanimous that all expenditures through all my agen- cles were on the strictest principles of independent journalism. C. W. BARRON. 5, 1916. New York, Nov THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Socfoty Chempitz, one of the leading indus- trial centers of the German empire and, according to Amsterdam des- patches, the scene of recent diots fol- lowing heavy casualties of Saxon res- iments in_the Somme zone defensive, is the subject of the following war geography ~bulletin of the National Geographic Society: “The Saxon Manckester, as Chem- nitz is familiarly calle wing to its extensive cotton-spinning factories, is the great industrial center of the kingdom of Saxony, and, with a popu- lation of 267,000, is in size the third city of this di ion of the German empire, ranking next to Dresden and Leipzig; from which places it is al- most equi-distant by rail, 50 south- west of the former and southeast of the latter. “The town is admirably situated for| manufacturing purposes, on Chemnitz River, an afflient of the Mulde, and at the foot of the Erzge- birge or Ore Mountains, a rang i hills 75 miles long and 25 mi! forming part of the natural between Saxony and Bohe: 5 surrounded by a fertile plain and ha an elevation of 1,000 feet above sea- level. Almost from the time of its scttle- ment by a Slavic tribe known as the Sorbian _Wends, _Chemnitz (pro- nounced Kem-nitz )has been noted for its indusirial activity, first o ens and bleaching grounds and in the 16th century as one of the centers of cloth manufacture. Today its fac- tory products include stockings, wool en goods, gloves, chemicals, carpe and bricks, and many of the ‘made in Germany’ articles imported into this country before the iwar. “The chief activity of the city's army of working men since the out- break of the European conflict has been the manufacture of the locomo- tives required in the never-ending transportation of troops from one bat- tlefront to the other. In peace times there were 90 factories employing 20,- 000 hands in this Chemnitz industry and it is probable that this number has been increased greatly during the last two years. “During the devastating Thirty ears' War Chemnitz suffered at the hands of all parties, and was laid waste, but it enterad upon a new era of prosperity at the beginming of the 18th century, since which time a splendid modern city with broad | streets and handsome buildings has grown up around tke old or Inner City, with its quaint, narrow thoroughfares and its picturesque promenades which now occupy the crests of the old for- tifications. “When the Reformation swept over Chemnitz in 1546 one of the finst medieval institutions to be dissolved was the Benedictine Monastery found- ed in 1136 by the Roman emperor Lothair I Jjust a year prior to his At the time that the war cloud be- gan to lower sc suddenly over Europe during the last days of July 1914, many American and English tourists were in Chemnitz, as this was the popular headquarters for summer ex- cursions through the Erzgebirze mountains.” “Mannheim, the great commercial city of the Upper Rhine valley which French aviators are reported to have raided recently, is _famous as the ‘chess-board municipality of Germany because of the precision with which it is laid out in 138 squares of equal size,” says a war geography bulletin which the National Geographie Soci- ety issues from Washington. “With a population of 200,000 of its own and 80,000 in the town of Lud wigshafen just across the river, Mann- heim is not only the chief cmporium for all South Germany, handling vast quantities of coal, petroleum, cereals, tobacco, sugar, coffee, and timber, but it is also a great manufacturing ,cen- ter with chemical works, electric ma- chinery plants; iron foundries, and automobile factories. At the head of important navigation of the Rhine, it is not only the leading city of the upper river, but is curpassed by Col- ogne along on the Lower Rhine. “The rapld growth of the shipping interests of the city necessitated a vast expan: of the last quarter ot new docks, quays constructed at the mouth of the Neck ar, which enters the Rhine at this point, cover nearly 250 acres. “The most striking buiiding in Mannheim 1s the famous grand ducal palace, the largest of its kind in the German empire. Besides the apart- ments of the Grand Duke of Baden, into whose possession the city passed the | {the considerably enlarged a quarter of a century iater, and the left wing re- stored foliowing its destruction by the bombardment of 1790 when the Aus- trians captured the town after it had been held by the French for a year. The building covers two and a half times as many scres as the national capitol at Washington, while the ex- tensive palace gardens give to the city a park and recreation ground of great beauty. The promensde sur- rounding the town follows the line of, the old fortifications which were razed when the grand duke of Baden came into_possession. “While Marnheim only dates from 1606, when +*it was founded by the Elector Palatinate Frederick IV and chiefly peopled by protestant refugees from Holland, it occupies the site of a village owned by the Abbey Lorsch in the eighth century, and only a short distance to the soutn stood the old castle of Eicholzkeim. Here Baldas- arre Cossa, one of three churchmen who claimed to be pope at the same time, was imprisonied for three years, following his_sensational trial by the councii at Constance during which, among other crmes, he was charged (but not proved guilty) of having poisoned his predecessor Alexander V. Cossa exercised pontificial power un- der the title of John XXIII from 1410 to 1415. After he bought his way out of prison he was appointed a cardinal bishop by Martin V, but died soon after in 1419. “During the Thirty Years War, the struggling town of Mannheim suffered greatly, owing to the strength afd strategic importance of the castle which had been erected by Frederick 1V, and which was coveted by all con- tenders. “The future of Mannheim was as- sured in 1720 when Elector Charles Philip transferred his residence from Heidelberg, 10 miles to the east, to the ducal palace which he tegan to build in that year. The set-back which resulted {rom the transference of the court to Munich in 1778 was only temporary. Mannheim’s _“Hof-Theatre, which was begun in the same year that our Declaration of Independence was gned, is famous as the playhouse in ch’ Sciller’s first works—Robbers, co' and ‘Cabal and Love were performed in assoclation with Iffland, e noted Marnheim actor and poet. “A tragedy which occurred In nnheim :n 1819 resulted in placing universities in Germany under strict government supervision. This was the assassination of the noted dramatist Kotzebue by Karl Ludwig and, a theological student and lib- ¢ ‘enthusiast. Kotzebue, who had many of which had unprecedented success Europe, had settled in Mannheim after he had been forced by his unpopularity to leave his native city of Weimar upon his return from St. Petersburg in the capacity of a cret agent of the Russian govern- ment. by rafl M: Mannheim is 164 miles southeast of Cologne, 39 miles north of Karlsruhe, 55 miles south of Frank- fort, and 120 miles northeast of the fortified French city of Nancy.” OTHER VIEW POINTS ! It is especially interesting, too, that Danbury, where it was asserted the hatter's strike and the court decision were_going to wreck every hope of the Republicans, gave a Democratic plurality of only 41 against one in 1914 of 694. There are a lot of queer facts to be brought out by a study of the figures.—Hartford Courant. Perhaps the chlef feature of the closing session of the board of alder- men last evening was the grand scramble to ralse wages, with specific activity upon the part of candidates for office, even to the extent of butting in to wnat was of no concern upon the part of the common council, the salaries of employes in the depart- ment of education. But one can hard- ly blame the aldermen for such ac- tion. It is one of the marked develop- ments of tue times, from federal cir- cles down. Anything to win. is the motto in these days. There is no reason why an alderman should not follow the e¢ame plan.—Bridgeport Post. Potatoes $2 a bushel to the farmer? The shortage in the crop s sensa- tional. The market is strong, demand keen. Rot complicatss the situation. Wise growers already are laying in their seed stocks for next Spring's planting. Importations from Canada possibly may depress prices later, or possible advent of peace may 3o change cverything as to derress po- tato prices also. Under such highly speculative conditions, many farmers may feel it wise to accept _current high prices rather than to hold for the later market. The cost of storing, rehandling, shrinkage, loss from rot must be taken into sccount in decid- ing whether to hold or sell. The new Winter crop, to be grown in the West Indles and our own eouthern states, may be larger and earlier than usual. —New Britain Record. But for Hartford’s unaccountable defection from the Republican cause, the congressional delegation from this state would have been entirely Re- publican, But we ere moved to more compassion still when we consider that neither Hartferd nor New Haven has any member of the next state Legiclature, and has contributed to LIQUOR AND DRUG USING STO! :: 1802, the palace canuhuwh several R R e K Several DAVIST WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN = 3 Days Starting M . 20 VB0 T and il Seats_at All Performances 250-500 NO ‘CHILDREN ADMITTED: PARAMOUNT AND METRO PHOTOPLAYS THEATRE HEATR sROADWA TKEITH VAUDEVILLE TRIANGLE PHOTOPLAYS GREATER CITY 4 Comedy Singing Quartette WEIMER and BURKE In “The Dancing Toachar” CLAIR and ATWOOD Two Laughable Comiques l‘“‘ E BARRISCALE In the Five-Part Ince Production | PLAIN JANE TWO REEL KEYSTORE Concert Orchestra Matinee 2:15, All Seats 10c Evening 6:45-| 10c-15¢-20c Matinee at 2:30 Evening at 7-8:30 Alj Seats 10c TODAY AND TONIGHT Edmund Breese in “THE LURE OF HEART’S DESIRE” COMING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY VICTOR MOORE in THE CLOWN 5th Chapter of CRIMSON STAIN MYSTERY Tuesday Wednesday BRYANT WASHBURN HEARST WEEKLY || AUDITORIUM GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON’S NOVEL The Prince of Graustalk WITH a M FILMED BY ESSANAY IN § ACTS FRANK DANIELS, Comedy SHOWS 230, 7, 845 Mat. 10c—Eve. 10c and 20c ARCGUERITE CLAYTON STORIES OF THE WAR The Irish Division Praised. The following letter, circulated by authority of the British War Office, constitutes an interesting review of the work of tie Sixteenth (irish) Di- vision. The letter, which was written by a major of the Sixteenth Division.’ addressed to the editors of the London newspapers, -is quoted in part as fol- lows: “The 16th Division established two years ago in response to the appeal of the Irish National Leadérs has well justified its existence and has a record of service of which Irishmen are proud.- Composed bf battalions of all the well known Irish Regiments, the Division left for France jn December 1915 under command of Major-General Hickie. “The Division was empioyed in holding portions of the line and _in completing training till March 25th. On_ the 26th of March the division took over as a whole the Lcos and Hulluch sectors and held them with- out & break or a rest of any kind. The the inefiiclent Democratic minority in both cases. them out, and be a brother to them, or sister, if you choose, whenever they have a need for help or wish to ac- complish any desirable local legisla- tion. New Haven is fortunate in hav- ng the secretary of state, even if the city did not especially assist him. Mr. Perry is a power wherever he is, and it is some consolation to the city that he got through in good shape, even if it couid not help in the Tresult. Bridgeport: has its leutenant governor still, and with the delegation which it will send to the Legislature it will be very much in eviderce, and it ought to be.—Dridgeport Standard. Those who recall the election dis- pute in 3875 realize how present good nature may develop into bitterness. After months of doubt, the votes of the disputed states were laid before the electoral commission, an artificial instrument invented for the occasion, and it decided by a vote of § to 7 in each case to sive the disputed votes to the Republican candidate, Mr. Hayes, The Democrats have always felt that they were wronged in the make-up of the _commission, which gave the Republicans the deciding vote, which in every case was divided on partisan lines. It Mr. Tilden had been a fight- ing man it would have been easy to get the country into a war by refus- ing to submit. But by accepting the arbtration of the commission, Mr. Til- den felt pound to accept its decision and would not countenance the idea of resistance. The disputed states were Florida, Louisiana, South Caro- lina, and one vote in Oregon. The matter was more complex than any- thing likely to arise this year, as it involved questions of fraudulent vot- ing, suppression of the negro vote and the' throwing out of ballots. Nothing appears this year but the accuracy of the count and Chairman Willcox and Chairman McCormick should be care- ful of reckless hints at frand which are sure to stir up wrath—Waterbury American. for your valuables. Secus offerfor vour. rity Bat Bridgeport will help| The Thames National Bank A SAFE DEPOSIT BOX in our Burglar and Fire-proof Vaults, at 16 Shetucket St., will give you absolute protection division was opposed by Bavarian di- visions—good fighting men who bad never been severely mauled in any previous fighting and whose morale was high. Our trenches were battle- buiit and battle-sited, the resuit of the British advance in September 1915, The German trenches were those of their second line which had heid up that advance at the end of the battle. They had been most carefully and tacticly sited and prepared with great labor. The wire was very thick and strong. Every disadvantage of ground and position lay with us. In spite of this and of scveral strong hostile at- tacks the division never lost a trench. Twice only during these six months did the Bavarians gain an entry into our trenches, on both occasions they were driven out with losses. “The division- withstood on 27th and 29th April two very severe utta: with the enemy used poison gx its most concentrated form. On latter of these two occasions vision. suffered heavy casua Providence was on our side wind suddenly changing the back over the German trenc the Bavarians had already attack. Taken by surprise th their front Jine and ran back the open under the heavy and well rected fire of our artillery. In o battalion of the Bavarian _Infantry Regiment the losses from their own gas and from our fire on that day were stated to be by a deserter over 200 and the diary of a. prisoner of another battalion captured on the Somme in September states that his regiment al- 60 had about 500 gassed cases, a large number of whom died. “The division was subjected to se eral severe bombardments during the months of May and June. It was of common occurrence for the enemy to send over from 2,000 to 5,00 5-point-9 shells in a day. The dlvision carried out many raids, the greater number of which were successful. A good number of Germans kiiled, some pris- oners taken and considerable damagze done to the hostile lines. The main result of these raids was to increase the moral superiority of our men. From December in the Loos Sector the division had considerable casualties ir officers and men, the re- sult of constant trench warfare. ‘“During the eleven days which the division was engaged on the Somme they shared largely in the capture of Guillemont and took Ginchy—two strongholds which had defled the ef- forts of our troops for some consid- erable time—and they repelled several counter-attacks of more or less sever- ity. The losses inflicted on the cnemy in prisoners, killed and wounded, were considerable—00 prisoners being tak- en at Guillemont alone. The spirit, courage and determination of the men and displayed by all ranks during the operations was beyond all pri Borrowing ldeas. In -creating the Department of Mu- nitions, with General Groener at its head, Germany pays a_compliment to British initiative. = It has never been ashamed to borrow a good idea from abroad.—Springfleld Republican. Restoring Lost Nerve. As preof of its abllity to lost nerve, Atiantic City can always fall back on Senor Cabrera’s impul- sive statements.—Washington Post. restore and service are the -qualities